AUTHOR: MATT STONE FOREWORD BY CHAD McQUEEN
McQueen's Machines: The Cars & Bikes of a Hollywood Icon
He made movies best remembered for their wild car chases, mad motorcycle stunts and wheel-to-wheel racing action, but no one forgets the man at the wheel - Steve McQueen, the King of Cool.
No other Hollywood star has been so closely linked with cars & bikes. McQueen's Machines celebrates this deep-seated connection, giving readers a close-up look at the automobiles & motorcycles in McQueen's garage, those he drove in the movies & others he raced.
From the 1968 Ford Mustang GT390 Fastback he drove in Bullitt (in the greatest car chase of all time) to the custom Corvair-powered Manx dune buggy in The Thomas Crown Affair, from the Triumph motorcycle of The Great Escape to the Gulf Porsche 917 he drove at top speed in Le Mans, the cars & bikes that McQueen made famous in films make an encore appearance here.
The book also features the cars, motorcycles & even airplanes that McQueen owned over the years, including the 1958 Porsche Speedster he purchased new & then raced, a 1957 Jaguar XK-SS, a 1963 Ferrari 250 Lusso, a 1953 Siata 208S, a 1965 Ferrari 275 NART Spyder & a 1969 Porsche 911S to name but a few.
With a foreword by Steve's son, Chad McQueen, photos from the family archive & a wealth of details about the star's amateur racing career, his movie stunt work & his passion for cars & motorcycle collecting, McQueen's Machines draws a fascinating picture of one outsized man's driving passion.